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On the first day of the 2011 sankirtan seminars in Mayapur, Navina Nirada Prabhu related a nice story about a Russian sankirtan devotee. While distributing books he met another devotee distributing, so he asked him, "Which temple are you from?"The other devotee asked, "Temples? There are temples?"

It turned out that the young man had received a book from someone and had become very inspired by reading it. And when he read in the book how important it is that this knowledge be distributed to othe

As we all know, Prabhupada gave a lot of emphasis to book production and distribution. Before '75 most of our books were being imported, but then westarted our own book production around June of '75. So we had arranged...we had a member called Mr. Gupta, I believe, he had a very big bookstore in downtown at Floral(?) Fountain. So we had arranged a very big book display for Srila Prabhupada's books. We had Prabhupada's books in the shop in thewindow, we had a rack with Prabhupada's books, we had

KARWAR: Charlie Chaplin's grandson Mark Joplin (60) married Terra Tiffany at Karnataka's Gokarna according to Hindu rituals. Both are from the US.

Mark has been visiting India, especially Gokarna, for the last 40 years. Both are deeply interested in Hindu culture and art. In the last two decades, they have conducted seminars on Indian classical music, mythology, the Ramayana, Harikatha, Samkeertana and Sanathana lifestyle in the US. While Mark is a good tabla and mridangam player, Terra plays th

Hare Krishna!!!!!!!

Charan ye dekh kar hum saari duniya bul jaate hain.

Tumhe paane ki chahat main kudh ko bhul jatein hai.

charan ye dekh kar hum saari duniya bhul jaatein hai.

Teri aankhon main kanha hum sada hi dubna chahei

issi khatir abhi tak terna hamne nahi shikha

charan ye dekh kar hum saari duniya bhool jatein hain.

Tadap dil ki hadho ke par hadho se dur jaati hain

ki ab naa der kar ye jaan mere haatho phislati hai!!!!!!! 

Charan ye dekh kar hum saari duniya bhool jatein hai.

How It All Began...

by His Holiness Guru dasa Swami

(as told to Damodara dasa for BTG Magazine Volume 11, Number 0304, 1976)

I first learned of Srila Prabhupada's plan for a "heaven on earth" in Vrndavana, India in May of 1970. Vrndavana is the birthplace of Lord Krsna, which lies some ninety miles southeast of Delhi. I was in Delhi when Srila Prabhupada wrote me a letter explaining his plan. He asked me to investigate a report that the king of Bharatpur wanted to give us one of his many Vrndavana

Dear Devotees,

Please accept our most humble obeisances.  All glories to SrilaPrabhupada.

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to our post Gaura Purnima festival 2011 in Sri Vrindavan Dham.  The festival includes parikramas to the pastime places of Krsna and the most loved boat festival ever.  A special yatra to Jaipur and Karoli, for the darshan of the main deities of our sampradaya, Sri Madan Mohan, Sri Gopinath and Sri Govinda Deva is also part of the schedule.

The parikramas will be le

Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: March 5th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead
Verse: 4.12.28
Speaker: HH Bhaktivaibhava Swami

maitreya uvaca

nisamya vaikuntha-niyojya-mukhyayor

madhu-cyutam vacam urukrama-priyah

krtabhisekah krta-nitya-mangalo

munin pranamyasisam abhyavadayat

TRANSLATION: The great sage Maitreya continued: Maharaja Dhruva was very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When he heard the sweet speeches of the Lord's chief associates in the Vaikuntha plane

On the first day of Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama, Russian Party started from Godrumdvipa to Svarup ganj. The international party also walked in the island of Godrumadvipa, visiting Narasimhapalli and halted for the day at Harihara Ksetra. The Hindi party started off from Madhyadvipa, visiting Hamsa vahan, Naimasaranya and proceeded for Maha Harinam at streets of Koladvipa. The Bengali Namahatta Party (biggest party with 2500 devotees) peformed their parikrama in Simantadvipa and camped for the da

Adhivas is the day before Parikrama, where devotees go to Yogapith or birthplace of Lord Caitanya and make a vow (sankalpa) to perform the most auspicious Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama for the next seven days. HH Jayapataka Swami, HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami, HH Lokanth Swami, HH Navayogendra Swami,HH Ramgovinda Swami, HH Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami, HH Radharaman Swami, HG Rajendranandan prabhu spoke on the glories of Sri Navadvipa dhama and significance of performing Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama.

Quote by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada "*Look within.
Amend yourself, rather than pry into the frailities of others."*

HH Bhakti Charu Swami Guru Maharaj said in response to the quote :

This is a wonderful quotation! Which actually means, "If you are so expert
in faultfinding and criticizing, then do it to yourself than applying it to
others."

Any religious system but the process of bhāgavata-dharma — service as an eternal servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead — is a system of envy of one's own self and of others. For example, there are many systems of religion in which animal sacrifices are recommended. Such animal sacrifices are inauspicious both for the performer and for the animal. Although one is sometimes permitted to sacrifice an animal before the goddess Kālī and eat it instead of purchasing meat from a s

Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!

Date: March 4th, 2011

Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes back to Godhead

Verse: 4.12.26-27

Speaker: HH Prahladananda Swami
anasthitam te pitrbhiranyair apy anga karhicitatistha jagatam vandyamtad visnoh paramam padam

TRANSLATION: Dear King Dhruva, neither your forefathers nor anyone else before you ever achieved such a transcendental planet. The planet known as Visnuloka, where Lord Visnu personally resides, is the highest of all. It is worshipable by the inha

Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!

Date: March 2nd, 2011

Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back To Godhead

Verse: 4. 12. 25

Speaker: HG Badrinarayan Prabhu

sudurjayam visnu-padam jitam tvaya

yat surayo 'prapya vicaksate parama

tistha tac candra-divakaradayo

graharksa-tarah pariyanti daksinam

TRANSLATION: To achieve Visnuloka is very difficult, but by your austerity you have conquered. Even the great rsis and demigods cannot achieve this position. Simply to see the supreme abode [the Visnu plan

Hare Krsna,